Should I start Ty Johnson or J.K. Dobbins in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Ty Johnson, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on J.K. Dobbins, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Ty Johnson is 8.2 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 6.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 12 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ty Johnson's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 23 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against LAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 72 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against LV he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 41 percent of DEN snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 58 third down targets, had 8 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 1.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LAC he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 6 against SEA he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against ARI he carried 6 times for 23 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ty Johnson was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 5.7 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

J.K. Dobbins had 103 more carries than Ty Johnson, 153 to 50.

Ty Johnson had 13 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 24 to 11.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger snap share, 41 percent against 23 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Ty Johnson is off in Week 7 and J.K. Dobbins in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.